Rina Sawayama

Confronting issues of identity and conflict with a wild blend of sonic influences, Japanese-British singer/songwriter Rina Sawayama twists her pop anthems with everything from R&B and nu-metal to club beats and early-2000s teen pop. Emerging in the early 2010s with a series of atmospheric alt-pop singles, she broke into the public eye with her first EP, 2017's Rina. Building upon that set's creative base, she issued 2020's critically acclaimed Sawayama, her genre-defying debut full-length. She followed her breakthrough with another genre-bending exercise, 2022's Hold the Girl,...